Glad you started with the best TK. "Aint that peculiar" is my favourite track. I have the full unedited Radio 1 broadcast of it somewhere...
Without doubt, the Mechanics were best three piece band in the World of that era, and I don't say that lightly.
As for Al, what can you say. A privelige to have known one of the greatest guitar players ever known to man. A superstar without the bullshit.
Thanks for the memory.